WOOFING

Etymology 1

Verb

woofing

present participle of woof

Noun

woofing (plural woofings)

Act of woofing; barking.

Etymology 2

Noun

woofing (uncountable)

Travelling to places for the purpose of volunteering on an organic farm there.

Source: Wiktionary


WOOF

Woof, n. Etym: [OE. oof, AS. , , aweb; on, an, on + wef, web, fr. wefan to weave. The initial w is due to the influence of E. weave. See On, Weave, and cf. Abb.]

1. The threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric; the weft; the filling; the thread usually carried by the shuttle in weaving.

2. Texture; cloth; as, a pall of softest woof. Pope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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